Story ID: 444
Garmin Demos New Fighter Cockpit 'Experience'
By: James Wynbrandt
Caption: Sim features integrated flight deck configuration selected for Textron's Scorpion, Diamond's new Dart 550, and TacAir's F-5 retrofits
Word Count: 163

Last month at the Farnborough Airshow Garmin International debuted a fighter jet cockpit experience that showcases the U.S. company’s integrated flight deck technology. The cockpit simulator includes a large high-definition smart display, dual Garmin touchscreen controllers, and integrated mission controllers that can combine flight and mission data. It also showcases the seamless interface between the integrated flight deck and L3’s ForceX Widow mission computer, which provides the mission data, including weapons and targeting information.

Trevor Pegrum, Garmin’s manager for EMEA sales and marketing, and L3 senior field service engineer Joseph Borrell noted that the system has already been selected for three platforms: Textron AirLand Scorpion; the Diamond DART 550 turboprop aerobatic trainer, which is making its world debut at FIA; and by U.S. company Tactical Air Support (TacAir) as a retrofit for F-5 fighters used as adversary platforms for military pilots’ combat training.

 

 
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